BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Another Week of Low Daily Cases With 11 Announced Tuesday

Another week has begun with low daily cases with just 11 for the 24 hour period from Monday to Tuesday afternoon. And for further good news, there were no new deaths announced by Health Minister Adria...

CHARGES NOT DROPPED: Ajitpal Sanghera’s Drug Smuggling Case Transferred To US Federal Prosecutors

After Indo-Canadian trucker Ajitpal Sanghera was caught smuggling $3 million in drugs by US authorities at the Blaine border in Washington state on March 9, there was false news spread by some wanna-b...

Commercial Rent Assistance Program Now Available

OTTAWA - Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced this week that application documents and updated criteria for Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) for small businesses are now availab...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 12 New Cases For The Weekend Continues Spelling Good News

Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, provided an update for the two 24-hour reporting periods: May 23 to May 24, and May 24 to midday Monday. In the first...

BECOMING CANADIANS: South Asian/Punjabi Community Has Made Great Contribution To Canada

By Balwant SangheraSince its arrival in Canada about 125 years ago, the South Asian/ Indo-Canadian community in general and the Punjabi community in particular has made a commendable contribution to C...

HOCKEY LEGEND DIES AT 95: Indo-Canadian Balbir Singh Sr. Was India’s Greatest Sportsperson

Field hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr., who captained the 1956 Indian hockey team and was the coach of the 1975 World Cup winning team, died early Sunday morning India time after being hospitalized in M...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Reopening Week Comes To An End With Very Low Daily Cases

BC’s first reopening week ended on a very good note and with low daily COVID-19 cases well below 20 per day. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, announ...

BC Liberals Bending Over Backwards To Lobby For Restaurant Industry

VANCOUVER – BC Liberals haven’t had much to do during the COVID-19 Lockdown but they are now bending backwards to lobby for support for the hard hit restaurant industry by telling the government t...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 18 New Cases Friday Keeps Daily Tally Well Below 20

The reopening week is coming to a good end with daily COVID-19 infections remaining low despite the increased activity under phase two of BC’s getting back to our new normal under the virus.Health M...